How could I talk with my children about recognising their feelings, emotions and moods when online?

• It is important for children to learn how to recognise and label their own emotions when they are in online environments whether it is playing games, using social media or doing schoolwork. These emotions may include happiness, love, fear, excitement, anger, jealousy depending on the situation.
• Some feelings can influence behaviours and be more difficult to recognise or to deal with than others. Talk with our children about the way our body can give us clues about our feelings, emotions and moods e.g. “what do you think it means when your heart beats faster or when your face becomes hot?” (Media Smarts)
• The Parent Toolkit has some conversation starters and advice for building self-awareness in primary school aged children including:
  • Talking to your children about their feelings e.g. “What made you feel good/upset today?”
  • Sharing personal stories about the feelings, emotions or moods you felt in similar situations
  • Using many different words to describe your own emotions
  • Using books, TV or movies to point our feelings and asking your children why the characters are feeling the way they are (Parent Toolkit)